Posted by Captain Alexander Cochrane (Commanding Officer) in Bridge

Posted by Lieutenant Logan Drake (Chief of Security) in Bridge

Posted by Warrant Officer Walker Darach (Chief Operations Officer) in Bridge
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There were no further signs beyond the subspace rupture they had detected earlier

Walker looked up at the screen, he was not looking forward to going after whatever had hit them. Having the station and the other ships had split up the impact. But if they were off by themselves, who knows how well they’d fair. Each hit wasn’t super powerful, but they overwhelmed them with just the sheer amount of shots.

But at this point, it didn’t look like they were going to get a lot of options if they were going to find out why they were targeted.

WO Darach - COO

Riali monitored scans of their general vicinity, keeping an eye out for the suspected rip in space and anything else related to the Vaadwaur vessel. She was fascinated by the thought of the Vaadwaur, their intentions and where they had come from. Their attack had been systematic, in a sense, using quantity of strength. It was a unique approach, but she doubted it was the full extent of what they were capable of.

Deandres, CSO

Another thought struck Alex and his head whipped around to the CSO. “Lieutenant. Can you track the radiological signature coming off those probes? We know it matches the contamination on the Vaadwaur homeworld, but maybe we can use it as a kind of tracker… or early warning system. I would put hard currency on the fact that we can get a reading of that signature before things pop in to surprise us.”

Cochrane, CO

The signature of the probes was unique, but there was no current detectable signal beyond the subspace rupture they had previously detected. That rupture did not seem to be shrinking, and there was no detectable signature beyond it.

SGM

Keeping one eye on the console or incoming weapons, Celina brought up all available information about the Vaadwaur military. Maybe there was something they overlooked about their strategy or armaments that could help them plan against other attacks.

Lt Celina Rodriguez CTO

“They could have destroyed us all if they wanted to,” Logan noted. “As it is, they’ve just disabled all of our ships. After they scanned us for our capabilities.”

CoS

OOC: Bumpity bump, while we wait for our esteemed CO to order a move

Andy

“Sir… I remember notes from Voyager on the Vaudwaar… if I recall they had some kind of network, subspace tunnels. This signature… I think it could be one of those. There attacks maybe limited to exit points in those tunnels, which… may mean we can follow them.” Jack suggested as he looked over at Cochrane.

Creed, XO

“Then let’s get us moving and try to see if we can make our way into there through that rupture. Status reports, and how long till we are operational on the warp drive?”

Cochrane, CO

“Checking on it right now Captain,” Walker said as he sent an update request to engineering, for an update on how long till they had warp drive.

WO Darach - COO

Logan was busy bringing the weapons up to full power status. He was also running diagnostics on the targeting scanners that were getting repaired.

CoS

Bump for GM

Celina set the long and short-range scanners to try and detect any energy signatures backing Creed’s tunnel suggestion. It would explain a lot about the attack. Waiting for the console to bring up the information, Celina had a random thought pop into her head. The Ultimate Guide to Small Game and Varmint Hunting: How to Hunt Squirrels, Rabbits, Woodchucks, Coyotes, Foxes, and Other Game Animals The title of this book was on the bedside stand when Celina had taken Jack to visit her college friend. Kate O’Neill was amazing. She and her family were also batty snotty crazy at times. Their family had a long list of service which ended in this branch opening a whiskey distillery. The days visiting her were filled with hunting critters to which they then drank to their adventures at night. This thought popped into her head because the Vaudwaar were essentially playing the role of varmints in the sag of Dude Did You Just Attack My Ship. The difference was the Manhattan was not going to be as easy a prey for the burrowing Vaudwaar to just dart out and score an easy kill. Yes, the crew had been surprised but they were land carnivores. They did not slither or crawl down tunnels or chutes. The crew had wide-open spaces to hunt and capture their prey once they knew it was there. The Vaudwaar’s greatest weakness might be that you had only two ways to go in a tunnel: in or out. If one was to clog your entry or exit, you could starve them out or pin them in a bottleneck. Celina glanced down hoping to find the rabbit hole the Vaudwaar used. From there maybe they could extrapolate the exit.

Lt. Celina Rodriguez CTO